ABS Data Release – Overseas Arrivals and Departures, August

International Day for Disaster Reduction

World Egg Day

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour released in Aussie cinemas

Birthdays for Sacha Baron Cohen (1971), Ian Thorpe (1982), and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (1989)

Anniversary of:
• Greenwich in London established as the universal time meridian of longitude (1884)
• the ‘miracle in the Andes’ plane crash that inspired the film Alive (1972)
• US champ Simone Biles becoming the most decorated gymnast in history when she won her record 25th medal at the World Championships (2019)
• the birthdays of Margaret Thatcher (1925) and Jamal Khashoggi (1958)